UK Power Networks · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.1

7 actions 7 updates update extends openapi/uk-power-networks-explore-api-v2-1-openapi.json
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts UK Power Networks publishes. UK Power Networks did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-providerx-apievangelist-enrichedx-apievangelist-notex-apievangelist-operatorx-apievangelist-platformx-apievangelist-artifactsx-apievangelist-accessx-apievangelist-rate-limit

Targets 3

$.info
$.paths['/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/records'].get
$.components.securitySchemes.apikey

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.1
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/uk-power-networks-explore-api-v2-1-openapi.json
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-provider: uk-power-networks
    x-apievangelist-enriched: '2026-06-20'
    x-apievangelist-note: Harvested verbatim from https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/swagger.json
      on 2026-07-27. The title and contact in the original name the platform vendor (Opendatasoft), not the operator
      of this deployment; this overlay attributes the surface to UK Power Networks without mutating the harvested
      document.
    x-apievangelist-operator: UK Power Networks (London Power Networks, South Eastern Power Networks, Eastern Power
      Networks)
    x-apievangelist-platform: Opendatasoft Explore
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-artifacts:
      authentication: authentication/uk-power-networks-authentication.yml
      conventions: conventions/uk-power-networks-conventions.yml
      errors: errors/uk-power-networks-problem-types.yml
      lifecycle: lifecycle/uk-power-networks-lifecycle.yml
      rate-limits: rate-limits/uk-power-networks-rate-limits.yml
      data-model: data-model/uk-power-networks-data-model.yml
      conformance: conformance/uk-power-networks-conformance.yml
      vocabulary: vocabulary/uk-power-networks-business-glossary.yml
      agentic-access: agentic-access/uk-power-networks-agentic-access.yml
      skills: skills/_index.yml
      examples: examples/
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-access:
      gate: self-serve
      anonymous-catalogue: true
      anonymous-records-datasets: 36
      gated-records-datasets: 99
      total-datasets: 136
      measured: '2026-07-27'
      note: Every dataset_id was enumerated and a records call issued anonymously against each. 99 returned HTTP
        403 ForbiddenAccess; registration is free and self-serve.
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-rate-limit:
      anonymous-daily: 10000
      headers:
      - X-RateLimit-Limit
      - X-RateLimit-Remaining
      - X-RateLimit-Reset
      - X-RateLimit-dataset-Limit
      - X-RateLimit-dataset-Remaining
      - X-RateLimit-dataset-Reset
      measured: '2026-07-27'
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-undeclared-responses:
      note: Two statuses the running service genuinely returns are absent from every operation in this document.
        Documented in errors/uk-power-networks-problem-types.yml rather than injected into the contract.
      '403': ForbiddenAccess — per-dataset permission gate covering 99 of 136 datasets.
      '404': NotFoundResource — unknown dataset_id.
- target: $.paths['/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/records'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-precondition: Read the parent dataset field schema via getDataset before composing any select,
      where, group_by or order_by clause. Field names are per-dataset; an unknown field yields HTTP 400 ODSQLError.
    x-apievangelist-bulk-alternative: exportRecords — uncapped, and the documented route for anything beyond the
      offset+limit < 10000 window.
- target: $.components.securitySchemes.apikey
  update:
    x-apievangelist-warning: The key travels in the query string, so it will appear in server logs, browser history
      and Referer headers. Treat it as a low-sensitivity read credential and rotate it from the account page rather
      than embedding it in shared URLs.
    x-apievangelist-key-url: https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/account/api-keys/
    x-apievangelist-sdk-convention: The official Python client reads it from a UKPN_API_KEY environment variable.

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